"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."

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Source : Leo Calvin Rosten (1964). “The Many Worlds of L*e*o R*o*s*t*e*n: Stories, Humor, Social Commentary, Travelogues, Satire, Memoirs, Profiles, and Sundry Entertainments Never Before Published; with a Special Introd., Background Notes, Revelations and Confessions, All Hand-written and Themselves Worth the Price of Admission”

Leo Rosten

#Love Quotes #Life Quotes #Relationship Quotes

“I can be a better me than anyone can.”
“Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.”
“Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.”
“Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own.”

Source : Bernard Crick (1954). “In defence of politics”, p.11, Bernard Crick
“Evolution is a tinkerer.”

Source : "No Engineer Would Have Designed the Human Brain the Way It Is". bigthink.com.
“As the industry has matured, real estate has become a very accepted investment. Institutions have used core investments to get comfortable with real estate as an asset class, and now that they're comfortable they're moving up the risk spectrum.”
“Working with a manuscript with that kind of intimacy is kind of like taking a magnification mirror to your pores. Its horrifying but it shows just where the problems are. Of course, I do get bored of the words after a while. I take breaks from them so that we can breathe. And by the time I'm done with my umpteenth regurgitation, I hate the words. They become flavorless chewing gum. Like how really old gum gets once it starts disintegrating in your mouth. Gum that's lost its elasticity and feels like a sweater.”
“I'm one of those weird people who doesn't even own a computer.”

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